The Tolkien Joke and Meme thread

[CirdanLinweilin]

Erm!!! The only being (this is the films, obviously) I ever saw who had the slightest notion of what a guitar might be was the "Great Goblin" in the TH! And only in the EEs, IIRC!
Precursor of Meat Loaf (not a guitarist, as far as I know) or Popa Chubby, maybe? The latter plays a blues guitar that would bring any subterranean Orc stronghold crashing down on them. Reduce the Misty Mountains to foothills! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

One Riff to Rule them all...
One Riff to Find them...
One riff to bring them all and in the anthem rock them!


CL

 

[Olorgando]

One Riff to Rule them all...
One Riff to Find them...
One riff to bring them all and in the anthem rock them!
CL

I have trouble visualizing Sauron as a rock fan (perhaps his Orcs got off on techno, but we mostly all know that they were mentally limited, severely). Too anti-authoritarian, it is.
And how would he ever do the "guitar hero" stuff (this is PJ stuff, I admit grudgingly). Play solos with his eyelashes? (Did he even have any in his PJ searchlight moronity???)

 

[Þráinn Þórhallsson]

I have trouble visualizing Sauron as a rock fan (perhaps his Orcs got off on techno, but we mostly all know that they were mentally limited, severely). Too anti-authoritarian, it is.
And how would he ever do the "guitar hero" stuff (this is PJ stuff, I admit grudgingly). Play solos with his eyelashes? (Did he even have any in his PJ searchlight moronity???)

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

I have trouble visualizing Sauron as a rock fan (perhaps his Orcs got off on techno, but we mostly all know that they were mentally limited, severely). Too anti-authoritarian, it is.
And how would he ever do the "guitar hero" stuff (this is PJ stuff, I admit grudgingly). Play solos with his eyelashes? (Did he even have any in his PJ searchlight moronity???)

More to the point, for how much they talk about death in the films, you'd think the Rohirrim would be into death metal...


....Right?



CL

 

[Olorgando]

More to the point, for how much they talk about death in the films, you'd think the Rohirrim would be into death metal...
....Right?
CL

I do not have the slightest idea. The splitting into ever smaller sects (nominally about rock, but apparently mostly about metal "splinters") diagram in a book I mentioned in another thread left me deeply puzzled. I would not, for example, from personal hearing be able to identify death metal as different from another splinter.
AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" as the Rohirrim's anthem when charging the siege of Minas Tirith might have been appropriate, but then what do I know? 🤔

 

[Olorgando]

I've heard (very more likely read) about Blind Guardian. But I have a very personal prejudice when it comes to rock.
Any bands (and the metal factions seems to be specially prone to this) doing ballads - ain't rock to my severely (excessively?) purist tastes.
Again a personal prejudice - but I think Sauron would have been more of a fan of Wagner's operatic bombast ...

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

but I think Sauron would have been more of a fan of Wagner's operatic bombast ...

Well, since Sauron was more of an authoritarian than his nihilistic former master, you'd think he'd go through our music with a fine-tooth comb to ward off any anti-authority music.

Sauron would HATE Green Day, that's for sure; Morgoth though would love their song "holiday".

CL

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

View attachment 6179

Clever.



XD


CL

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Silmarillionmemes/comments/dwnh29

 

[ArwenStar]

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

https://imgur.com/a/UWx0sRq

 

[Olorgando]

Erm, Erestor, what's with the kind of window mostly blocking the four pictures that I'm getting? It contains the following text:

"We value your privacy

We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and process personal data, such as IP addresses and cookie identifiers, to personalise ads and content based on your interests, measure the performance of ads and content, and derive insights about the audiences who saw ads and content. Click below to consent to the use of this technology and the processing of your personal data for these purposes. You can change your mind and change your consent choices at any time by returning to this site.

I ACCEPT

MORE OPTIONS

Show Purposes | See Vendors"

Now I have (as all regular visitors to the music thread have noticed, some probably cursing Squint-eyed Southerner for having egged me on to take a look there) started nosing around YouTube, and even posting links here to songs there. And this may be harmless compared to YouTube. But I still have a deeply ingrained Wolverine / Werewolf / Tasmanian Devil reflex when anything in the Internet springs a surprise on me (come to that, it's not my favorite pastime in the real world either). I'm guessing it has to do with imgur, a (site) name I have read about elsewhere. What do you recommend I choose of the above options? 😒

 

[Alcuin]

"We value your privacy...

Translated: We’re going to steal everything from your device that’s not nailed down, pry up anything that is, and use it in ways that would horrify you if you learned about it, but deny it outright (i.e., shamelessly perjure ourselves) if called to testify about this before Congress. We want your explicit consent.

 

[Olorgando]

Translated: We’re going to steal everything from your device that’s not nailed down, pry up anything that is, and use it in ways that would horrify you if you learned about it, but deny it outright (i.e., shamelessly perjure ourselves) if called to testify about this before Congress. We want your explicit consent.

Ho-kay. Now compared to the "Godfather" trilogy of films, you didn't mention "offer that can't be refused".
Or is this reserved for later phases?

 

[CirdanLinweilin]

Ho-kay. Now compared to the "Godfather" trilogy of films, you didn't mention "offer that can't be refused".
Or is this reserved for later phases?

*PSST* You would get a better deal with the Godfather than these online thieves.

CL

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Erm, Erestor, what's with the kind of window mostly blocking the four pictures that I'm getting? It contains the following text:

"We value your privacy

We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and process personal data, such as IP addresses and cookie identifiers, to personalise ads and content based on your interests, measure the performance of ads and content, and derive insights about the audiences who saw ads and content. Click below to consent to the use of this technology and the processing of your personal data for these purposes. You can change your mind and change your consent choices at any time by returning to this site.

I ACCEPT

MORE OPTIONS

Show Purposes | See Vendors"

Now I have (as all regular visitors to the music thread have noticed, some probably cursing Squint-eyed Southerner for having egged me on to take a look there) started nosing around YouTube, and even posting links here to songs there. And this may be harmless compared to YouTube. But I still have a deeply ingrained Wolverine / Werewolf / Tasmanian Devil reflex when anything in the Internet springs a surprise on me (come to that, it's not my favorite pastime in the real world either). I'm guessing it has to do with imgur, a (site) name I have read about elsewhere. What do you recommend I choose of the above options? 😒

Are you getting that on the image I shared or somewhere else? It's from Imgur, maybe it's a EU thing with cookies or something since you're in Germany? The direct site link is

http://imgur.com/a/UWx0sRq

if you'd like to try that.

 

[Olorgando]

Are you getting that on the image I shared or somewhere else? It's from Imgur, maybe it's a EU thing with cookies or something since you're in Germany? The direct site link is

http://imgur.com/a/UWx0sRq

if you'd like to try that.

I got it on the image you shared here, but when I opened another tab and entered the code you mentioned, same message covering most of the pictures. By the way, I got it both times, once with the code starting with http:// and once with the code starting with https:// (a suggestion by MS Edge, apparently). So it might be an EU thing, as I'm directly on the imgur site with both codes.

 

[Olorgando]

*PSST* You would get a better deal with the Godfather than these online thieves.

CL

Uh-huh. Reminds me of a quote attributed to Andy Grove, long-time Intel CEO, some decades ago, in which he was speaking apropos of the "semiconductor industry" and probably specifically makers of CPUs:

"Only the paranoid survive."

Seems that quote is close to a universal in things IT … 🤨

 

[Erestor Arcamen]